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Trial of Flowers
Jay Lake
Night Shade Books, 2006
Dark Urban Fantasy
+ Not Free SF Reader
+ Night in the City Imperishable
+ Dark tales of the City Imperishable
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Three Days to Never
Tim Powers
Harper, 2007
A cure for bad reading habits
+ I thought only angels could bi-locate
+ Weird book, okay, but weird
+ Another Tim Powers brain-twister.
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Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Left Behind #1)
Tim F. LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Living Books, 2000
I Like It
+ Book One Wow
+ left behind series
I love this book. I had to force myself to but it down so I don't read though it all at once. I find that the characters are very real, and other than the initial event (the Rapture) all of the following events sound realistically possible (in a novel). I have read many negative reviews from ...
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs Terkel
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
gives voices to those who lived through the Depression
+ The revolution that shoulda, coulda been
+ Not great, but still very good.
As a former grad student in History, I found this book fascinating. Author Studs Terkel interviews people who lived through the Depression and gets their takes on that difficult period. We hear the experiences and memories of those who lived through it from multiple points of view. The book was ...
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Neverwhere: A Novel
Neil Gaiman
Harper Perennial, 2003
Swashbuckling story with fanciful and alluring language
+ There and back again
+ There.
Gaiman has an amazing talent for weaving a beautiful story with the most amazing and alluring descriptions. His words leave vivid impressions in your mind in the most unusual and melodic way.
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Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist (Left Behind No. 6)
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Tyndale House Publishers, 2000
Ummm.... Wow!!!
+ On the edge of my seat
This was by far the best book in the series. The action, suspense, comedy, and elements of saddness blend so well, that its hard not to love the books for what they are.
Unlike the last installments, "Assassins" takes on a darker premise. The characterization gets much more refined, because of ...
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Hearts of Darkness - A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Francis Ford Coppola
Paramount, 2007
Hope that a little fat girl in Ohio will be the next Mozart of film.
+ Finally!
+ Never get outta the boat
+ GREAT. JUST GREAT
+ The classic documentary.... Finally on DVD!
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The Sourcer's Apprentice: Making the Outsourcing Decision
Royce L. Callaway
Inkwater Press, 2005
Callaway aims his book at the front line executive as well as those managers who are struggling with the decision of how to do more with less. He drives home the point that there are no standard solutions and that outsourcing may bring as many problems as it solves. Basing his book on real world situations Callaway demonstrates that every decision carries risk and that many of these risks escape ...
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch, 2006
Armageddon Has Arrived....and it's Hilarious!
+ A very pleasurable read...
+ HIlarious and irrenverant novel
+ Not Bad, Really Picks up at the End
+ Great Fun with Witty Banter
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Rashi
Maurice Liber
Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2006
Buy the Dybbuk Press Version
Ok I have published Rashi and Merely Mary Ann at the same time, because I'll be publishing Michael Boatman's horror anthology and The Big Bow Mystery later this year and I want to devote as much time as possible to promotion of those books.
In writing a review, I know that I have essentially ...
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Sundays with Vlad: From Pennsylvania to Transylvania, One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead
Paul Bibeau
Three Rivers Press, 2007
If you're a geek, you must read this book
+ Elvira can bite me anytime!
+ A light and entertaining read
+ An interesting look at a cultural icon
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Declare
Tim Powers
HarperTorch, 2002
A stunning novel
+ An assured work by a master
+ Fantastic Read! A Fusion of Spy and Supernatural!
DECLARE immerses the reader in a mid-twentieth century spy world where a greater, miasmic cause eclipses the Cold War between communism and capitalism. Kim Philby, the real life British turncoat, plays a fascinating and fatalistic role in Tim Powers' globe-trotting adventure aimed at the ...
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Sinai tapestry: A novel
Edward Whittemore
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977
An old favorite and an enthralling reading experience
+ Beautiful melancholy.
+ BACK IN PRINT
+ Truly Woven of Magic and Dreams
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The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
Jay Winik
Harper, 2007
A stunning history book!
+ Great History Book!
+ A fine book with flaws
The Great Upheaval is a book that's not just a history book, but also a book that makes for great reading. The author pays equal emphais, I think, to rendering an accurate and detailed historical accounting of the last part of the 18th century as well as providing us with a memorable ride through ...
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God Laughs When You Die
Michael Boatman
Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2007
A Wonderful Debut
+ fast, violent, and unsympathetic
+ Dark, Skanky, Funky Little Twisted Tales: Performance Art
Michael Boatman's debut collection is not one to miss by any means. He blends humor with horror, the strange with the unknown--and I loved it!
Reading through the pages, it just slipped right through my fingers, and before I knew it I was done with the book begging for there to be more. This is a ...
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